Recently, renowned British adventurer Leo Houlding and his team successfully completed a free climb up the sheer cliffs of Huashan's West Peak, becoming the first climbing team in the world to achieve this feat. Upon returning from Huashan, Leo Houlding gave an exclusive interview to The Bund Pictorial, sharing insights about his double life. He revealed...
Located in a remote area of Chad, the Ennedi Plateau has long been hailed as the “holy grail” for rock climbing enthusiasts. In this rarely touched desert, climbers and photographer Jimmy Chin, among others, took on cliffs reaching up to 1,000 feet (approximately 304.8 meters) in height, eventually conquering the challenge,...
Lhasa, May 2 (Reporter Xiaoyong) — Recently, it was learned from the regional sports bureau that in the women’s climbing event of the just-concluded 20th Asian Climbing Championships, Renqing Lamu, an athlete from our region representing the national team, won the silver medal, achieving the best result in China’s climbing history at the event. The 20th Asian Climbing...
Xinhua News Agency, Chengde, May 2 (Zhang Fan) — On May 2, reporters learned from the Chengde City Public Security Fire Brigade that on April 30, 11 rock climbing enthusiasts from Shenyang, Liaoning, were climbing in the Dushan Scenic Area of Kuancheng Manchu Autonomous County in Chengde when one of them had his leg pinned under falling rocks and was unable to free himself. The firefighters from Kuancheng County trekked over 30...
Recently, renowned British adventurer Leo Houlding and his team successfully scaled the cliff face of Huashan's West Peak barehanded, becoming the world’s first climbing team to achieve this feat. Upon returning from Huashan, Leo Houlding gave an exclusive interview to The Bund Pictorial, sharing his double life. He told...
By China News Service, Chengde, May 2 (Zhang Fan) — On May 2, reporters learned from the Chengde City Public Security Fire Brigade that on April 30, 11 hikers from Shenyang, Liaoning, were climbing in the Dushan Scenic Area of Kuancheng Manchu Autonomous County in Chengde when one of them had their leg crushed by falling rocks and could not free themselves. The firefighters from Kuancheng County trekked over 30...
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The 10th Tibet (Spring) Mountaineering Conference recently concluded successfully, with dozens of amateur mountaineers from across the country realizing their dream of climbing snowy peaks with the help of the Tibet Mountaineering Team and the Tibet Mountaineering School. “After descending from the mountains, all fellow climbers spoke highly of our organization and services,” said the Tibet Mountaineering...
Xinhua News Agency, Bomê, Tibet, May 7 — According to the Fourth Detachment of the Armed Police Traffic Force, at around 9 a.m. on the 7th, a roadbed collapse occurred on the Sichuan-Tibet Highway within Bomê County. The original roadbed, which was over 5 meters wide, collapsed by half. Currently, the remaining width is only slightly more than 2 meters, making it no longer passable for vehicles. As of press time, over 50 vehicles and nearly...
The day before, firefighters climbed Beijing's Jiankou Great Wall with rescue gear to save an injured female hiker. Photo courtesy of the fire department New Beijing News (Reporter Zhan Minghui) At around 8 a.m. the day before, in Yanqi Lake Town, Huairou District, more than 30 hikers from Shandong were climbing the famous Jiankou Great Wall when one female hiker fell from a watchtower, sustaining multiple injuries and getting trapped. In...
May 2, 2012—Garmin (NASDAQ: GRMN), the world’s leading satellite navigation company, today proudly announced that Garmin has achieved cumulative global sales of over 100 million units across its satellite navigation products...
From April 25 to April 28, 2012, the "20th China (Shenzhen) International Gifts, Crafts, Watches & Housewares Exhibition" was grandly held at the Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center. As the national gift agent of the "LUV" brand, Zhongsibo Zhi Company showcased a variety of stylish and innovative power banks at this exhibition....
As spring deepens and the earth warms, with flowers and grasses in full bloom and summer just around the corner, a highly anticipated brand-themed outdoor event of the year – “Leaves Accompany Me,” the 2012 Lafuma Mountaineering Season – a large-scale thematic series organized by the renowned French outdoor brand Lafuma and hosted by the agile landscape marketing consultancy, unveiled its mysterious veil on May 1st, officially welcoming outdoor enthusiasts from all over.
Hubei Daily News — On the 5th, outdoor fitness enthusiasts in Yichang were seen challenging the main peak of Dawangyan in Yiling District during their trek. A total of 70 teams and over 500 outdoor fitness lovers participated in the climbing competition, both competing and experiencing the challenge. (Photo by Zhang Guorong, Vision Network of this newspaper)…
A Magnificent Qinghai – The Cycling Paradise Recently, several websites including NetEase China, the travel channel of China.com.cn, Bicycle.com.cn, the travel channel of Beijing Traffic Radio, the travel channel of Phoenix New Media, and the travel channel of Shenzhen News Network published an illustrated online post titled "The Eight Most Beautiful Cycling Paradises in China with the Most Spring Scenery," in which Qinghai Lake was selected as one of China's most beautiful cycling paradises...
Buys a bike online, carries 100 pounds of gear, travels 9,000 km in 8 months—A sophomore takes a year off to cycle across China. A sophomore, still in his second year of university, decided to take a year off, ride a self-assembled bicycle, and travel across most of China. Through this experience, he personally found it "very worthwhile," and his parents felt...
When engaging in mountaineering activities in humid, hot, and windless mountainous areas during summer, the body may be unable to regulate its temperature through sweat evaporation, leading to heatstroke. The main symptoms of heatstroke include: headache, dizziness, restlessness, strong and forceful pulse, noisy breathing, and a body temperature that may rise above 40°C, with dry and flushed skin. If not...
Sohu Sports reports that BBC recently covered how women’s marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe was bitten by a dog during a training run in Monaco. The 37-year-old athlete was then taken to the hospital for treatment. Fortunately, she only suffered minor injuries and it posed no hindrance to her training. If you also...
Ma Tingdong, a nonagenarian with a military background, is just over ninety years old. This retired deputy military-level officer, who joined the revolution in 1938, has walked a total of 87,480 kilometers for fitness in the 27 years since moving into the Guilin Army Academy’s retired cadres’ sanatorium. This habit has given him excellent health. Aside from being a bit hard of hearing, he has almost no health issues. Over the years since his retirement...
On April 15, the renowned traditional mass sports event in Beijing, the 2012 Beijing International Long-Distance Running Festival, started at Tiananmen Square. Nearly 20,000 long-distance running enthusiasts from more than ten countries and regions participated in the event. Beijing Mayor Guo Jinlong, Deputy Director of the General Administration of Sport of China Duan Shijie, Vice President of the Beijing Olympic City Development Association Jiang Xiaoyu, Secretary-General of the Beijing Municipal Government Sun Kangle...